HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - A No. - 14002 of 2026 Court No. - 32 HON'BLE DINESH PATHAK, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the record on Board. 2. This writ petition has been filed, inter alia, seeking the following relief:- "Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of Mandamus commanding the respondent authorities, to pay 10 percent interest on gratuity to the petitioners from the actual due to till final payment of the same in accordance with law and in parity with other similarly situated persons/employees to whom such interest has already been paid by the respondents." 3. Learned Standing Counsel appearing on behalf of respondent no.1 and Shri Harshit Pathak, learned counsel appearing on behalf of respondent no.2 have contended that the grievance of the petitioners, as raised in the instant writ petition, can be more appropriately redressed by the Managing Director, U.P. Bhumi Sudhar Nigam, Lucknow (respondent no.2) and that they have no objection if a direction is issued for expeditious disposal of a fresh representation, to be moved by the present petitioners, within such stipulated period, as may be directed by this Court. 4. In this conspectus, as above, no useful purpose would be served by keeping this matter pending; therefore, this Court deems it appropriate to finally dispose of the present writ petition, without making any observation Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Akansha Dixit, Prateek Mishra, Siddhartha Baghel Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C., Harshit Pathak Harindra Kumar Srivastava And 7 Others .....Petitioner(s) State of U.P. and Another .....Respondent(s) on the merits of the case, with liberty to the present petitioners to move a fresh representation with respect to their grievances, as raised in this petition, within a period of three weeks from today, along with a certified copy of this order and a self attested copy of the instant writ petition before the respondent no.2, who, in turn, shall consider and decide the same in accordance with law, expeditiously, preferably within a period of three months from the date of production of the same. 5. With the aforesaid direction, instant writ petition stands finally disposed of. October 5, 2026 VR WRIA No. 14002 of 2026 2 (Dinesh Pathak,J.) Digitally signed by :- VIBHA RATAN High Court of Judicature at Allahabad